Data privacy notice

Data privacy

The Security of your personal data is an important ambition of ours. Therefore, your data is exclusively processed under the legal regulations (DSG 2018, DSGVO, TKG 2003). In this privacy notice we inform you about the most important aspects of data handling on our website.
Before using the webpage, read this explanation carefully, as we explain how we collect, manage and archive personal data. All access to our homepage and all access to files stored on our homepage is logged. Data is stored for internal system-related and statistical purposes only. Logging concerns: Name of stored data, date, time of storage, data volume transferred, report on successful access, web browser, IP address of accessing computer, search terms, (...).
 
Use of personal data for entry forms
If you contact us via the form on the website or by e-mail, your data will be stored to process the request and in case of follow-up questions. We will not share this information without your consent. All data collected using the relevant forms are archived until your express written request asking for its removal.
 
Your rights
You have the fundamental rights of disclosure, rectification, deletion, restriction, data-transferability revocation and objection. Therefor you have the opportunity at any time to demand information about the data stored about you, about the origin of the data, their recipients, the purpose for which they are stored as well as persons and offices to whom we regularly transmit your data. In addition, in accordance with the legal regulations you also have the right to amend, disable or delete your personal data.

If you want to contact us in regard to your above-mentioned rights, please do so:
 
ACLARIS Water Innovations GmbH, Lindau
Major branch Rebstein
Balgacherstrasse 20, CH-9445 Rebstein
T +41 71 7759 274, info@aclaris-water.com
 
Access data / server log files
We follow a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and a part of hosting services’ analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The logged data is used for statistical evaluations for the purpose of operation, security and optimization of the offer. However, the provider reserves the right to retrospectively review the log data if, on the basis of concrete evidence, the legitimate suspicion of unlawful use exists.
 
Links
This site contains links to other websites or social media sites. By clicking on a link that leads to third-party websites you acknowledge that these websites have their own privacy policies. Please check the privacy policies when using these websites, as we assume no responsibility or liability whatsoever for third-party websites.
 
SSL encryption
This site uses an SSL encryption for security reasons and for the protection of the transmission of confidential content, such as the enquiries, which you send to us as a website-user. An encrypted connection can be identified when the browser address bar changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the appearance of the lock symbol in browser bar. When the SSL encryption is activated the data that you send us cannot be read by third parties.

Cookies

We point out that we use cookies as part of your visits visit to our website for advertising and communication purposes, to avoid spam. Regarding the type of data and the duration of storage, please refer to the relevant sections in this Privacy Policy.

What are cookies?
Cookies are small text strings, which register the locations of the user, his terminal (usually the browser). They are then stored and transferred back to the same places at the next visit by the same user. To this end, the cookies are divided here as technical cookies and profiling cookies, depending on type of use, and in individual cookies or third-party cookies, depending on user usage.
You have been informed about the use of cookies on this website as early as your first visit. By staying on the webpage, you agreed to the use of cookies as pointed out in the privacy notice.
 

Various kinds of cookies
Technical cookies
Technical cookies are "for the sole purpose of sending a message over an electronic communications network, or solely for the provider of an information society service which isexplicitly requested by the subscriber or user, used as a service” (see. Art. 122 paragraph 1 of the Data Protection Code). The technical cookies differ from the navigation or use cookies (which guarantee the normal navigation and use of the website); Analytical cookies (similar to cookies used directly by technicians and the site operator to collect information, in general terms, the number of users, and how they visit the site) and functional cookies (enabling the user to navigate on the basis of a number of selected criteria, such as the language in order to improve the service for the same user.

Profiling cookies
Profiling cookies are used to advertise messages in line with the preferences of users on the selected network. Third Party Cookies. Due to the various users who install cookies on the PC and, depending on whether it is the same administrator of the website which visits the user or any other website that installs cookies for their own use, you can always distinguish between own cookies and third Party Cookies.

Third party cookies
These are cookies that are placed on the website, but are not read by the site operator but by the respective providers. These can be functional as well as mandatory or analysis cookies whose information the respective providers may use for their own purposes. The website operator thus has limited control over such cookies as well as their storage and use.

The use of cookies on the website
Session cookie (local)
It is a technical cookie with a memory function of the actions carried out by the user within a web page. This will be deleted when leaving the webpage. Should there be an e-commerce site, this cookie is also used to store the products in the shopping basket.
 
Google Analytics (by third parties):
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. ("Google"). Google analytics uses so called "Cookies", text files that are stored on your computer and enable analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website are usually transferred to a server of Google in the US and stored there. In case of activation of IP anonymization on this website your IP address from Google will be truncated within Member States of the European Union or other parties in compliance with the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address is transmitted to a Google server in the US and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this site Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing website and internet related services to the website operator. Your browser sends your IP address as part of Google Analytics, but it will not be merged with other data of Google. You can refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser software; however, we point out that you will not be able to use all website features to their full extent. You can also prevent sending data generated by cookies and related to your use of the website to Google and the processing of these data by Google, by selecting the following link http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en the browser plugin available.

You can prevent the collection by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set which prevents the future collection of your data when visiting this website. Disable Google Analytics

For more information about Terms of Use and Privacy, please see the Google Analytics Terms or the Google Analytics Overview. We point out that on this website Google Analytics to the code "gat._anonymizeIp ();" was extended to ensure the anonymous collection of IP addresses (so-called IP masking).

Google Maps (by third parties)
This website uses Google Maps to display a site plan. Google Maps is run by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. By using this website, you agree with the acquisition, processing and use of the automatically gathered data by Google, one of his agents or third-party providers. More information about the data processing by Google can be found in Google’s privacy notice.

How can cookies be disabled, deleted or blocked?
This website allows you to to tick / check off individual cookies in the following ways. However, please be aware that in the case of deactivation, the full use of the website can no longer be guaranteed.

Mozilla Firefox

  1. Open the Firefox browser
  2. Press the "Alt" key on your keyboard.
  3. Select "Menu" and then "Options" in your toolbar.
  4. Select the tab "privacy".
  5. Select Set "Firefox will:" to Use custom settings for history.
  6. Uncheck" Accept cookies "and save your settings

 
Internet Explorer

  1. Open Internet Explorer.
  2. Click on "Tools" then "Internet Options".
  3. Click on the "Privacy" tab
  4. In "cookies" you can remove the tick and save your settings

 
Google Chrome

  1. Open Google Chrome.
  2. Select "Settings".
  3. Click "Show Advanced Settings".
  4. Click the "Privacy" tab on "Content Settings".
  5. In the "Cookies" section you can disable this and save your settings.


Safari
 

  1. Open Safari
  2. Select "Settings" in the function list (gray gear in the upper right corner) and click on "Privacy".
  3. "accept cookies" you can specify whether and when Safari should accept cookies from sites. For more information, click on Help (?).
  4. If you want to learn more about the cookies that are stored on your computer, then click "Show Cookies".
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